New Holland 68 and MF50 at work

Bill VA · Jun 11, 2016

Another short video. When the JD348 went down, we pulled out our trusty New Holland 68 and pulled it with our fine Massey Ferguson model 50 diesel.

Baling timothy hay, 1st cut of the season. Beautiful brick shaped bales. This New Holland doesn't know what is a banana bale.

Oldest son is stacking, my daughter is at the helm of the MF50. My middle son and I are somewhere on the edge of the field troubleshooting the JD348 baler (which appears to be sorted out now) and my Wife is doing the video.

Doesn't get much better than this!

Bill
New Holland 68 and MF50 Diesel at Work

chuck2015 · Jun 12, 2016

(quoted from post at 20:53:58 06/11/16) Another short video. When the JD348 went down, we pulled out our trusty New Holland 68 and pulled it with our fine Massey Ferguson model 50 diesel.

Baling timothy hay, 1st cut of the season. Beautiful brick shaped bales. This New Holland doesn't know what is a banana bale.

Oldest son is stacking, my daughter is at the helm of the MF50. My middle son and I are somewhere on the edge of the field troubleshooting the JD348 baler (which appears to be sorted out now) and my Wife is doing the video.

Doesn't get much better than this!

Bill
New Holland 68 and MF50 Diesel at Work

my father had an MF50 on the farm....it was a pretty tough tractor!

Bret4207 · Jun 12, 2016

For a small farmer, there's nothing wrong with a good running 68!

Bill VA · Jun 12, 2016

The New Holland 68 is a fine baler. Reading about these things - I get the impression that when NH came out with the 68, that model really put
them on the map.

My 68 ain't going anywhere - I just like it. Even with the newer JD, there is still a place for the NH. Small, nimble, ultra easy to work-on (though
can inflect some knuckle busting) - just a good baler.

If I were making hay for my own livestock consumption, not sure I'd bought a newer baler. Trying to make horse quality hay for sale - the
dynamic is much different. I need reliable equipment (though the JD caused me some grief this time out) and don't necessarily think it's smart
to put our haying eggs in a 58 year old basket. So few to no one makes small squares anymore, it's not like the old days where you call call on
the neighbor to finish out the field with his baler. If you can't make a square - all is lost. We will keep two balers on hand as long as we are
making horse quality hay for sale.

It's always good, though, to run the 68 - especially behind the MF50 diesel.

Bill

New Holland 68 and MF50 at work

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